In the early hours of December 9, 2022, Matthew Ecker called 911 from the apartment of Alexandra “Alex” Pennig, a nurse he referred to as a friend—but who was actually his secret lover for two years. Matthew, a married man and father of four, insisted that Alex, known for her kind-hearted and caring nature, had taken her own life with his gun. However, Matthew's story began to unravel when detectives arrived: the blood in the bathroom had dried, the gun was too clean, and there was not a single drop of blood on his body, even though he claimed to have tried to save Alex. The striking differences between Matthew's narrative and the forensic findings, including fragments of a door key that suggested coercion, turned what initially appeared to be a suicide tragedy into a suspected murder.
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In the early hours of December 9, 2022, Matthew Ecker called 911 from the apartment of Alexandra “Alex” Pennig, a nurse he referred to as a friend—but who was actually his secret lover for two years. Matthew, a married man and father of four, insisted that Alex, known for her kind-hearted and caring nature, had taken her own life with his gun. However, Matthew's story began to unravel when detectives arrived: the blood in the bathroom had dried, the gun was too clean, and there was not a single ...